Chapter Twenty-TwoPaige
The phone call that came in the middle of the night startled us both. I knew by now that Cannon slept with his cell next to the bed, and since he used it as his alarm clock, the volume was kept turned up.
When I woke up, he was yelling something into the phone.
“No. f**k no!” he roared before punching one fist into the mattress. “Just breathe. I’ll be right over.”
“Cannon?” I sat up in bed, my heart pounding a million beats a minute. “Who was that?”
“My mom,” he croaked, his voice still hoarse with sleep. “My stepdad’s dead.”
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Bob’s death sent a shock wave through the family. As expected, Cannon’s mom was nearly inconsolable, but he and Allie weren’t faring much better. In the years that their mom had been married to him, Bob had been her rock. He’d take
